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Digital Assets & Blockchain: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Digital Assets & Blockchain and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Technology, Data & Privacy practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 25
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- -17.9%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 64.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 20
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 25 lateral moves in Digital Assets & Blockchain from November 2025 to October 2026. On settled windows the count went from 28 to 23 (-17.9%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.
| Measure | Here | Technology, Data & Privacy | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 64.0% | 33.2% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves | 20.0% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| Associate share of moves (three years) | 18.9% | 51.9% | 59.2% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 12.2% | 13.6% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 15.7% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 58.3% | 58.4% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (-17.9%) | rose (+32.6%) | rose (+9.0%) |
12 months to October 2026 unless the row says three years; a row switches to three years for every column when this page's 12-month value is not published. A dash is a value we do not publish. Flat means a change under 5% or inside the noise of the two counts.
Set against the Technology, Data & Privacy practice as a whole, the associate share over three years stands out most: 18.9% here against 51.9%, below it. Year on year it held flat while the Technology, Data & Privacy practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 74 lawyers moved in Digital Assets & Blockchain, 47 of them partners (63.5%). They joined 54 different firms. 12.2% stepped up a level on the move and 15.7% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 64.5% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner64.0%
- Counsel20.0%
Partners make up 64.0% of arrivals, against 27.7% across the market: a partner-heavy flow.
- 1,000+ lawyers58.3%
- 400-999 lawyers25.0%
20 firms hired at least one lateral in Digital Assets & Blockchain in the window. Firms in the 1,000+ lawyers class took 58.3% of arrivals, against 53.6% across the market.
- 1,000+ lawyers64.5%
- 400-999 lawyers22.6%
There were 31 open roles in Digital Assets & Blockchain on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Digital Assets & Blockchain, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
Time to partner in Digital Assets & Blockchain
37 lawyers were promoted to partner in Digital Assets & Blockchain over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 11.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 83.9% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 31 promotions.
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Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].
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